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HelicoptersThe international promotion of the Mil Mi-28 started
Moscow, Russia - The new Russian combat helicopter is being offered by rely most of all upon the protection and survivability degrees
Despite the great success achieved in the market by the combat helicopters belonging to the Hind family (the Mi-24/35s), Mil proves to be aware about the fact that it is necessary to aim to offer a completely... more
CuriositiesSaudi women to Civil Aviation Academy to become pilot
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia - But they will come with their husband or brother for training
Also Saudi women could fly airplanes, soon: Defence Minister, Prince Sultan ben Abdel Aziz announced it during the recent inauguration of the Jeddah Civil Aviation Academy. The measure is aimed in fact... more
HelicoptersItalian Minister Martino: "We are not going to send the Mangusta helicopters to Iraq"
Rome, Italy - It would have been confirmed by Italian Minister of Defence who would not consider to resort to such a measure as necessary
Italian Minister of Defence, Antonio Martino, focused recently on the hypothesis of sending the AgustaWestland A-129 Mangusta combat helicopters to Iraq, maintaining that it is not under Italian Government's... more
IndustryEmbraer 195 aircraft made its first flight
São José dos Campos, Brazil - The airplane performed successfully across a range of system validation tests
The EMBRAER 195 commercial airliner made its first flight at Embraer’s São José dos Campos headquarters last Tuesday and successfully performed a range of flying quality and system validation tests. The... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): first details on the carrier's relaunch strategy
Rome, Italy - Efficiency, new tariffs, increasing overbooking and booking rationalization
The AZ Service's business plan designed by Italian Ministry of Economy within the general cadre of the Alitalia's restructuring plan, forecasts that the company can be able to gain increasing revenues... more
AirlinesVolare Group (2): it might take off by the end of the month
Varese, Italy - Workers redundancy fund in rotation
Unions and Varese Province had a positive response: "First, Volare will be not unbundled and it will be still a unique company. Then commissioner granted they were working to started again soon the carrier... more
Civil aviationFBI: "Terrorism is likely to resort to the laser to make the airliners fall headlong"
Washington, USA - A warning signal called by national security authorities in the United States though no clear evidence of concrete preparations exists
A Delta’s pilot was burnt to an eye after being hit by a bright light ray in his face on last September during landing (see for details AVIONEWS). No sure references to possible terroristic attempts t... more
AirlinesVolare Group: to defence jobs
Varese, Italy - They are working operating plan
In Varese Province office, yesterday the meeting between Volare Group special commissioner Carlo Rinaldini, President Reguzzoni and trade unions, occurred (see for details AVIONEWS). "There is a complete... more
AirlinesAlitalia: Barrot-Lunardi meeting on the business plan occurring in the afternoon
Brussels, Belgium - European Commissioner would have anyway stated he will not be able to decide definitively today on the carrier's restructuring plan
The meeting announced yesterday between the new European Commissioner for Transport, Jacques Barrot, and Italian Minister for Infrastructures and Transport. Pietro Lunardi. regarding the Alitalia's business... more
IndustryRockwell Collins Government Systems Inc. awarded of a over 8 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For several aircraft
Rockwell Collins Government Systems Inc., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is being awarded an $8,055,474 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-priced contract (N00019-02-C-3004) to exercise an option for... more
IndustryGeneral Electric Aircraft Engines awarded of a over 13 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the F/A-18 aircraft
General Electric Aircraft Engines, Lynn, Mass., is being awarded a $13,141,910 priced order under an existing basic ordering agreement contract (N00383-00-G-0001) for procurement of turbine nozzle segments... more
AirlinesWizz Air starts a lawsuit against easyJet
Budapest, Hungary - The carrier accuses the bigger low-cost, its rival, to have damaged it
The low-cost airline Wizz Air, based at Budapest, started a lawsuit against the bigger carrier, its rival, easyJet, by accusing it to have damaged its reputation. easyJet in fact seems to have critizized... more
AirlinesLoad factor rose for Air Canada
Ottawa, Canada - It fell instead the one of WestJet Airlines, Air Canada's low-cost rival
Air Canada announced its load factor rose in November; it fell instead the one of WestJet Airlines, the carrier’s low-cost rival. Air Canada’s load factor reached 74.6 per cent in November in comparison wit... more
Latest newsMore candidates to the Italian Army after Nassiriya's massacre
Boulogne, Italy - It is what declared the second-secretary to the ministry of Defence Filippo Berselli in visit at the Motor Show
It seems that the massacre of Nassiriya had as effect the one to attract more Italian youngs as would-be members of the Army: second-Secretary to the Ministry of Defence, Filippo Berselli, announced during... more
Civil aviationUSA: here are the changes of the Intelligence services
Washington, USA - A coordinator of all the US secret services and a specialized anti-terrorism centre have been set
US President, George W. Bush, had decided to rely upon the advices put forward by the Commission founded in order to understand the causes of September 11, as it had suggested to radically change the structure... more
Latest newsThe first Israeli A-4 Skyhawk upgraded flew
Tel Aviv, Israel - Upgrading activities, as performed by RADA, are intended to provide Israeli Air Force with a good advanced trainer
RADA, an Israeli company competent for the production of avionics components, announced that the first of the A-4 Skyhawk attack and close-support airplanes involved by an important upgrade accomplished... more
AccidentsAlaska: Coast Guard HH-60 Jayhawk crashed into the water
Anchorage, Alaska - To rescue a freighter in the Bering Sea
A Coast Guard rescue helicopter which was carrying people rescued from a freighter stranded in the Bering Sea, crashed before Alaska's coast around 7:30pm local hour, yesterday: there were 10 passengers... more
SecurityIsraeli helicopter wounded three Palestinians
Rafah, Gaza Strip - The first air strike since Arafat death
An IAF (Israel Air Force) helicopter fired a missile injuring three Palestinian men: they were in a car in Rafah (Gaza Strip) and they would be in peril of their life. The attack target was Jamal Abu Samhadana,... more
IndustryBoeing: cerimony of rollout of the 500th B-777
Washington, Usa - It will be delivered this month
Thousands of Boeing employees celebrated the ceremonial rollout of the 500th Boeing 777 commercial airplane Friday, Dec. 3. The 777, the fastest-selling twin-aisle airplane ever, will reach 500 airplanes... more
Civil aviationEU: will the cancellation of the armaments embargo against China occur next year?
Brussels, Belgium - It would be the hypothesis recently considered by EU though it is going on focusing on human rights and regional stability
European Union commented recently on the possibility that the embargo against the armaments export towards China can be cancelled. According to Brussels, EU could resort to such as step next year, even... more
Science and technologyChina: two hundred airports to be operative by 2010
Beijing, China - Thanks to the big grown in air transport
Chinese air transport ballooning, according to Chinese Civil Aviation Deputy Director Gao Hongfeng, who attended at the airline forum in Macao. Total airline capacity, that is volume of passenger and goods... more
AirlinesVirgin group looks at Air Deccan
London, United Kingdom - Richard Branson declared that wants to invest money in the Indian subcontinent
The British billionaire, Richard Branson, whose Virgin empire includes planes, trains, vodka, mobile phones and music, declared that his group planned to invest capitals in the Indian subcontinent, which... more
DefenseSouth America and Iraq: the new markets Russian defence industry is aiming to
Moscow, Russia - Several touches for combat planes would have already been kept with Venezuela and Brazil, while Russian Government cancelled a 90%
The next market goals for the Russian-made weapon systems export in the view of Moscow are South America and Iraq. It is what the analysts of the sector would think, in particular in the United States,... more
Curiosities90-day prison due to in-flight molestations
Washington, USA - Woman groped while she was sleeping
It occurred to a 29 man convicted of "Abusive sexual contact", because on October 14, 2003, he groped a female passenger flying on an United Airlines Miami-Denver flight. Alexander Vladimirovich Kolotov,... more
Science and technologyBin Laden family to build Sharm El Sheikh air station
Cairo, Egypt - It has been chosen following regular competitive tender
Egyptian Civil Aviation Minister, Ahmed Shafik, is going to sign the agreement allowing to Saudi building enterprise Bin Laden (owned just by Osama family) to set up the second air station of Sharm El... more
AirlinesVietnam Airlines signs a deal with Airbus
Hanoi, Vietnam - With which it purchased ten Airbus A-321 aircraft
The Asiatic carrier, Vietnam Airlines, signed yesterday a deal with the European industry Airbus to buy ten new A-321 aircraft worth USD 625,2m. The chief of the airline, Nguyen Xuan Hien, had announced... more
IndustryGripen International: SAAB's role in the joint-venture with BAe increased
Stockholm, Sweden - British Aerospace to lower its stake in the light of the increased role played by the Swedish company in the international market
British Aerospace will lower its stake in the joint-venture founded ten years ago with SAAB and named Gripen International. It was recently unveiled by both the partners of the programme aimed to promote... more
HelicoptersEurocopter launched the new multirole Tiger
Paris, France - The new HAD version able to perform both attack and close support missions and devoted to French and Spanish armies
The Eurocopter Tiger combat helicopter has got a new version: it deals with the HAD, which combines both the features of a rotor-winged aircraft dedicated to attack and the ones of e specialized chopper... more
MiscellaneousThe developments of the training/pantomime at "Charles De Gaulle"
Paris, France - Dominique de Villepin said the episode is "Punishable and scandalous"
It seems it started a disciplinary action which would presumably seen penalized the two policemen, who are responsables of the training/pantomime at Roissy’s "Charles De Gaulle" (Paris), because of heavy l... more
AirlinesTraffic passengers rose for Air France-Klm
Paris, France - The group registered a 4.2 per cent growth
The group Air France-Klm announced, on Tuesday, that its traffic passengers on board of its aircraft reported a 4.2 per cent growth, in comparison with the same period a year earlier, though it said as... more
PeopleChina wants the A-380 before the beginning of the Olympic Games 2008
Beijing, China - However, EADS group would have asked the Asian country for formally ordering it as soon as possible
The EADS aerospace group unveiled recently that China would intend to purchase some Airbus A-380s, without indicating to which carrier the new transport long-haul 555 seats airplanes could be devoted.... more
AirlinesTraffic passengers rose for easyJet
London, United Kingdom - The carrier announced that the growth concerns 25 per cent
The low-cost carrier easyJet announced its traffic passengers rose up 25 per cent thanks to the introduction on its European network of nine new routes, though the airline said its load factor reported... more
DefenseUSA: a new test for the missile shield to occur soon
Washington, USA - It is aimed to verify the protection degree provided to the American territory by the interceptor rockets located in Alaska
While waiting for making the first missiles of the new US defensive shield enter the service by the end of the current year (see for details AVIONEWS), Washington ordered to perform a test of the system... more
MiscellaneousRabei, accused among the other of the terror attacks at Madrid, flow to the Spanish capital
Madrid, Spain - He took off on Tuesday evening on board of an Iberia's plane
Ahmed Al Sayed Osmai Rabei, the presumably to be Egyptian terrorist accused among the other of the terror attacks against Madrid's trains on last March, 11, flow on Tuesday to Madrid, after a request of... more
AirlinesIt was positive the first half of the financing year 2004-2005 for Singapore Airlines
Republic of Singapore, Singapore - The carrier, once passed over the crisis related to Sars, registered a 25,2 per cent increase in its net profit
The Asiatic carrier, Singapore Airlines, closed positively the first half of the financing year 2004-2005 related to April-September. The net profit of the airline in relation with that period is Singapore's... more
Latest newsAMS to supply ILS systems to the United States, Oman and Poland
Rome, Italy - They will be installed at military airports in the Middle Eastern area and in the Polish territory
AMS has recently been awarded with some contracts for the provision of new ILS (Instrument Landing System) systems. Such systems are devoted to some military airports and were ordered by Oman's Air Force... more
AccidentsBritish military helicopter crashed into the sea (2): located the wreckage
London, United Kingdom - It to be checked by underwater cameras
The wreckage of Lynx helicopter missing yesterday has been found (see for details AVIONEWS): it has been located in the morning on the seabed off the coast of Cornwall thanks to a group of people on board... more
Fair and showsBoeing announced changes in the leadership of three sectors
Chicago, Usa - The changes are effective immediately
Boeing President and CEO, Harry Stonecipher, last week announced a series of leadership changes affecting several key company positions. Connexion by Boeing President Scott Carson has been named to lead... more
AccidentsIndonesia: aviation safety standard slated after serious crash to Lion MD-82
Jakarta, Indonesia - Flight recorders in US for analysis
Indonesian political parties requested an immediate review of aviation regulation and safety standard, after the terrible incident occurred to MD-82 Lion Air skidded off the runway at "Adi Sumarmo International... more
AirlinesAir Bourbon ends in liquidity
Paris, France - The carrier had a loss of EUR 7m
The little private airline Air Bourbon which operated a service aimed to join France to the island Reunion ended in liquidity: to ground it a loss of EUR 7m. The decision was announced by the administrative... more
MiscellaneousTyphoon in Philippines: four survivors carried by helicopter to hospital
Manila, Philippines - Search is continuing to locate more survivors
Four persons have been pulled by rescuers, who have dug amongst the rubble of building crushed by landslides ten days ago, following three typhoon on Quezon province (East to Manila) (see for details AVIONEWS).... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Airbus model A-318, A-319, A-320, and A-321 series airplanes
Washington, Usa - To prevent loss of the ISIS, which, if combined with loss of all EIS display units, could reduce the flightcrew's situational awareness and contribute to loss of control of the airplane or impact with obstacles or terrain
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: December 7, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 234)] [Page 70537-70539] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Boeing model 747-100, 747-100B, 747- 100B SUD, 747-200B, 747-200C, 747-200F, and 747-300 series airplanes; 747SP and 747SR
Washington, Usa - To prevent unexpected disconnect of the autopilot during operation in RVSM airspace due to close passage of another airplane, which may result in altitude deviation, and consequently, could lead to a possible mid-air collision or a near
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: December 7, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 234)] [Page 70539-70541] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
SecurityItalian Embassy in Baghdad under attack (3): three Iraqi civilians died
Baghdad, Iraq - There could have been seven mortar shots against the diplomatic structure though they fell about 150 m far from the building
The number of injured people among the Iraqi civilians involved during the attempt against Italian Embassy in Baghdad occurred this morning rose up to five. Moreover, there would also be three casualties,... more
Latest newsRafale F3: orders for 59 fighters in France
Paris, France - To be delivered both to French Air Force and Navy starting in 2008 and they will have real multirole capabilities
The number of the Dassault Rafale medium-light multirole fighters ordered by France, as the only customer of the new French-made combat airplane currently, rose up to 120. A purchase for 59 aircraft was... more
HelicoptersTeam US-101: "We offer a product, not a promise"
Washington, USA - The recent statement by a Lockheed Martin's representative in defence of the solution promoted for the new US Presidential chopper
Team US-101 deepened some aspects related to its alternative solution for the new US Presidential helicopter for the Marine One competition, and seized also a chance to criticize its competitor, even already... more
Science and technologyGroundless bomb alarm at Fiumicino Airport
Rome, Italy - Because of a suspected bag which had inside nothing but hydrogen cylinders normally used by scuba-divers
There were some minutes full of fear yesterday at Fiumicino's Airport around 2:00pm after a signal indicated a suspected bag near the hall of Alitalia's Club Freccia Alata (destined to the vip customers... more
AirlinesVolare Group (3): Volare pilots day
Treviso, Italy - "To evaluate possible hiring in Ryanair"
Thus an advertisement on Italian "Il Gazzettino di Treviso" newspaper said in order to promote the Recruitment day which will occur today in Treviso (North-Est Italy, near Venice): the commercial reports... more
MiscellaneousCiampi flies to Italy after his official visit in China
Shanghai, China - The head of the Italian state is 84 years old just on today
Carlo Azeglio Ciampi leaved this morning with his wife after the end of his official visit in China. The plane of the Italian President took off from Shanghai's Airport and after a technical stopover to... more
IndustryEADS: Lagardere announced the delay of the decision on the new leaders
Paris, France - Clear evidence will not be show this week but only by the end of this year
The decision on the renewal of EADS’ leaders will not be considered before the end of this year. This would be the Lagardere’s view, as a shareholder of the European aerospace and defence group, which con... more